Pokrovsk
\nMoscow late Monday night struck an apartment building in the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine that claimed at least seven lives, triggering a rescue operation for survivors, as Kiyv\u2019s forces ramped up their assault on Russian port infrastructure.
\nThe city of Pokrovsk \u2014 which is located at a distance of 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the eastern frontline \u2014 where Moscow said it is gaining ground and repelling Ukrainian attacks.
\nPavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk region\u2019s military administration said: \u201cTwo missiles \u2014 launched 40 minutes apart \u2014 damaged residential buildings, a hotel, cafes, shops and administrative buildings Monday.\u201d
\nLocal rescuers were evacuating survivors from the rubble of a five-storey building, and carrying the wounded into ambulances.
\n\u201cSeven people were killed in the strike Monday evening and 81 were wounded, including two children,\u201d Kyrylenko said, as the Russia-Ukraine war intensifies with every passing day.
\n\u201cThose killed included a high-ranking emergency official of Donetsk region,\u201d said Igor Klymenko, Ukraine\u2019s minister of internal affairs.
\n\u201cWe are resuming the demolition of rubble,\u201d Klymenko said early Tuesday after the rescuers \u201cwere forced to suspend work for the night due to the high threat of repeated shelling.\u201d
\nThe building\u2019s upper floors were damaged.
\nIn late June, Russia struck the Ria Pizza restaurant in Kramatorsk, killing 13 and wounding dozens more.
\nPresident Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Moscow had struck a residential building, and shared a video on social media of civilians helping wounded people and rescuers clearing rubble from a building that had lost its top floor.
\nThe footage also showed a second building that appeared heavily damaged.
\nMoscow advancing in Russia-Ukraine war
\nAlso Monday, Russia said it had recently advanced three kilometres towards Kupiansk in northeastern Ukraine around 150 kilometres north of Pokrovsk and a few dozen kilometres from the Russian border.
\nKupiansk and its surroundings in the Kharkiv region were retaken by Ukrainian forces in September, but Moscow has renewed its assault on the area.
\n\u201cOver the past three days, the advance of Russian troops… amounted to 11 kilometres along the front and more than three kilometres deep into the enemy\u2019s defence,\u201d Moscow\u2019s defence ministry said.
\nIt said that it had \u201cimproved\u201d its standing along the front line and continued to repel Ukrainian counterattacks.
\n\u201cRussia struck a blood transfusion centre Saturday, in Kruglyakivka \u2014 near Kupiansk \u2014 with a guided air bomb, killing at least two people and wounding four,\u201d Kyiv said.
\nTwo more people in Kruglyakivka died Monday when Russia attacked with \u201cfour guided aerial bombs\u201d, according to Oleg Synegubov, governor of the Kharkiv region.
\nIn mid-July, Ukraine said that it was in a \u201cdefensive position\u201d in the Kupiansk area as the Russian army launched an offensive there.
\nUkraine began its long-awaited counteroffensive in June but has made modest advances in the face of stiff resistance from Russian forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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